Boring Weekend Recap
source Monday, we meet again. You come on like lightning you saucy wench. I hope you all had a great weekend and managed to keep cool. We got up to 96 at different times so that's...fun. I have to start with these two cards I got in the mail Thursday night. The big paper one is from the friends we gifted our old grill to. The Mr and I cracked up at the hot dog 'thanks' on what is an exact image of the grill along with a lovely note from the Mrs of the couple thanking us profusely as they didn't have money to replace their grill that was falling apart. The other is from my friend I've known since 1988 and he doesn't send out cards much so this was a surprise. It was him telling us how lucky he is to have us a friends and how much we mean to him and he thought we should know. It made me cry for sure (and then of course check in to make sure he was okay. He is.) Obviously any kind of communication is appreciated but t...
We've been fortunate enough to have been to many places that make it easy to go back to in my mind. Only real problem I have is choosing which one at any given time, but that's a good problem to have.
ReplyDeleteMine is the same one I use for the EMDR stuff because it's my "happy place" and that's the North Woods of Wisconsin (hence Woodsy). I have never felt more at peace and pure joy than up there. I have memories from being young, as well las finding the same cabin 13 years later with my hubs, to our own vacations up there with one of our dogs throughout the years. There is a certain scent up there, along with the sandy grass that makes a soft 'thud' sound when you walk because it's so packed down, that I just love. The smell of pine is like no other (dare I say even more than Colorado, but truth be told, I spent more time up north than out west), and when I can recall it in my mind, I'm installing soothed. And bald eagles galore, which just fascinate me. That's my happy place through and through.
ReplyDeleteWe go cabin camping at a mountain lake every summer. It's nothing fancy, but it super soothing to me. I have a picture of the lake as my phone wallpaper so I can look at it any time I want. Where I live is brown and dry except for like 3 days in the spring. That leaves me craving green - anytime I go places with lots of green trees I just feel myself relax. Up there it's all green, smells of campfire smoke & pine needles, and is 10-15 degrees cooler than home and that makes it just about perfect.
ReplyDeleteMy other "vacation" is always a book. I always have a book I'm reading (often 2-3 books at the same time) and all it takes is to open the book and slip into another locale for a quick vacation.